SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Mental Disorder, Friends House, Bethlem Royal Hospital
12 Mar 2013
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Social beliefs : wounded womanhood and dead men . Narratology - who is telling the story? how it affects the outcome the telling of the stories invokes certain social norms. Rule of law: all people are equal under the law. Moral panic: a disruption that threatens the social order of a society. Clara ford shot and killed frank westwood (18 year old, from a well to do white family) Social norms certain ideas of what it means to be a woman. Wanted frank dead because he sexually assaulted her. Compared her to a wild animal by news paper. The defence showed clara as a helpless person who could not defend themselves, and the male as a beast taking advantage of these helpless people. Clara stated that she didn"t approach the police because they wouldn"t of did anything to the rich and that b. c of her race she they wouldn"t of believed her.
